Drawer-slide.



PATENTED JULY 1o, 1906.

J. BEAUDBT.

DRAWER SLIDE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.1s. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 825,695. PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

J. BEAUDET. DRAWER SLIDE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 825,695. PATBNTED JULY 10, 1906.

J. BEAUDET. DRAWER SLIDE.

APPLICATION ILED NOV. 13,1995.

4 SHEETS-SHEBT 3.

No. 825,695. PATENTED JULY l0 1906.

' J. BEAUDBT.

DRAWER SLIDE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.13, 1905.

4 SHEETS-SERNA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed November 13.1905. Serial No. 286.985.

.To ir/ZZ, whom it may concer/L;

Be it known that I, JOHN BEAL'DET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Drawer-Slides, of which the following is a specification, referencefbeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In cabinet constructionhsueh as tables, desks, bureaus, tenin which drawers are provided when the drawer is made to slide on wood the swelling and shrinking of the wood frequently prevent smooth working of the drawer.

The object of my invention is to provide metallic slides, so that the drawer shall not slide at all on the wood, so that the swelling and shrinking of the wood will not affect the working of the drawer.

The device comprises, mainly, a 'fixed tube attached to a support beneath the drawer and a rod attached to the under side of the drawer, which telescopes into the fixed tube, and in the preferred form of construction it also com rises a second tube'within said fixed tube an slidable with relation thereto, the

slide-rod being within said inner tube and slidable with relation thereto for the purpose of giving a greater telescopic movement, the rod being mounted in brackets or hangers on the under side of the drawer and the tubes being grooved or split longitudinally on the upper side to allow travel .of the shanks of the brackets which carry the drawer and permit a telescopic movement of the rod and alsorof the intermediate tube where two tubes are employed.

' The invention will now be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out inthe claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section showing a drawer and partition with slide attache' in which a rod and two tubes are employed, the drawer being shown closed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section showing the drawer partly open, the rod being drawn out the full length of the rear slot in the inner tube. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectirpi with the drawer fully opened drawn out the.full length of move ment ofthe slide-rod and 'inner tube. is a plan of the slide attached to the horizontal partition benath l'the drawer, the drawer being removed for clearness of illustration, the brackets, however, being shown on the rod for attachment to the bottom ot' the drawer and the rod being drawn out as far as it will go before drawing out the inner tube. Fig. 5 1s a plan of the same parts :is Fig. 4, the rod and inner tube both being drawn out their full length of movement. Fig. is u cross-section on line (i of Fig. l just bark of the front -wall ofthe drawer to show the. front end view of the slide, there being two pural lel slides shown to properly support the drawer, one near each side. Fig. 7 is an en- Fig. S is Fig. -41

larged section on line 7 7 of Fig. 4.

a detail plan view of thc outer tube. Fig. t) is a detail plan view of the inner tube. Fio. l0 is a detail of the rod which slides in the inner tube. Fig. ll is a longitudinal vertical section showing a modified form of drawerslide in which there, is only one tube and a rod employed, there being no intermediate sliding tube. Fig. l2 is a cross-sertion on line l2 l2 of Fig. ll. Fig. 12) is :1. sectional View showing a modified I'orm of support for the. slide. Fig. 14 is a front elevation of a drawer constructed in accordance with my invention connected with a casing or cabinet. Fig. .l5 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale and partly broken away on line 15 l5 of Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a horizontal section on line 16 lti of Fig. 14 on an enlarged scale and partly broken away.

Referring now to the drawings, l represents the bottoni of the drawer' of a bureau or other piece of cabinet furniture, and 2 represents the horizontal partition below the drawer. Avnietal tube 3 is secured to the upper side of the partition 2 in any suitable way. ln the drawings it is shown as being fastened by screws 4t and also as held by braces 5 to prevent movement of said tube 3 either longitudinal or rotary. Sliding within said tube 3 is a tube 6, and sliding within said inner tube 6 is a rod 7. The rod 7 is preferably rovided with a reduced portion S at each enc for journaling in the brackets.

Preferably the tubes and the rod are of steel but I do not limit myself to the particular kind of metal.

Brackets or hangers 9 are secured to the under side of the drawer 1 near each end. Each bracket or hanger is formed with a shank 10, bent down at right angles to the base of the bracket and' terminates in a bar- 'rel 1l, through which the reduced end 8 ofthe rod Ifpasses The inner tube 6 is formed IOO IIO

end for a considerable portionoll its length` and the. outer tube 3 is also l'orined with a groove or slot 13 l'or its l'ull length, the shank ol the bracket extending through these slots l2 13 to permit travel oll the shank ol' the bracketlongitudinally with relation to the tubes, and thereinl permit sliding olI the i lHl'- ward end ol' the inner tube a slot 1t to per?` drawer. There is also lorined in the mit sliding ol the bracket a limited distant'e therein, so that the rod T van be moved entirelv back into thv tube.

rl`hv rear portion ol' the slot 13 in tht` outer tube 3 is wider than the l'orward portion, forming a shoulder lo in the side ol' thv slot at the forward end ol" the wider portion thereof. (ln thv. rear end olI thv inner tube (l is a stop 15, which engages with said shoulder 16, which when the inner tube is drawn forward by the opening ol t'ln9 drawer engages with said shoulder lti to limit thv length oll movement of thv inner tube, as shown in Fig. 2.

, The l'ull forward movement ol the drawer is limited by thv shank 1() of the rear bracket engaging with thv forward end of the slot in the 'initier tube. 6, as shown in Fig. 3. The rearward movement of the drawer in closing is limited by suitable stops. ln the construction shown in thv drawings the rearward movement of thv innertube is limited by the `stop l5 on thervar vnd of the inner tube coming in vontaet with a stop 18 in the rear end of the outer tube, and the rearward movement ol" the rod 7 is limited by coming' in contact with said stop 15 on the rear end of thv inner tube. v

Preferably the stop 15 on the rear vnd of the inner tube and the stop 18 on the rear end of the outer tube are both removable, the end of said tubes being otherwise open to permit insertion of the rear bracket. The form of stop 1S on the rear end of the outer tube shown in the drawings is a removable in, and the stop 15 on the inner tube is alilock held in-place by a removable pin 25; but the particular kind of removable stop is not material. A

The preferred method of fastening. the brackets to the drawer is to rovide the base of the brackets withslots 19 arge enough tor the passage ofthe head of the screws 20, having smaller slots 21, which lead Jfrom the larger slots 19 and which are wide enough for the shanks of the screws, but not wide enou rh for the headset" the serews to ass througilx, so that by'slightly loosening t te screws the brat-.kots may be slipped along far enough to bring the heads ol` the serews into the larger portions ol' the slots, and thedrawer may then be disengaged l'roln the brackets when itis desired l'or any purpose to entirelyr remove the drawer l'or any purpose.

ln the nnnli'lieation shown in Figs. 11 and there is no sliding inner tube. 'lhe rod and ,brackets 9 are similar to the rod and bravkets already described. l`he rod 7 slides directly within the lixed tube 22, and viLher the rod T should be made larger than the rod T in the construction previously desinaller than the lixed tube previously desvribed,.so that the .sllde-rodwill not be too loose witllin the tube. 'llie groove or slot Jil in the upper side of the tube 22, through whivh the shanks ol' the brackets travel, may be ol` unil'orin width throughout, as it is not necessary to have any stop to limit the l'orward movementof the drawer. [t is also unnecessary to have any stop at the rear end of the slot 123. i

ln the moditieation shown in Fig. 13 the `slides are supported b v brackets 25, Secured to the sides ol the easing 26, each having a concave groove 27, which forms a seat or the fixed tube. 'lhis bracket may be used instead of a partition 2 beneath the drawer. ,ln each case there would be brackets on each side for eaeh slide.

The sliding member 7, which is carried bv the drawer .and which l have alled a rodf is preferabl a solid rod, but not necessarily so. It mig t be a tube; but on account of its small size in order to make it sulliciently strong it is preferably solid, and in the speeltic-ation and claims where l use the'word trod I mean this inner member which moves with the drawer, whether it be tubular or solid. Y

As will be apparent by reference to the drawings, es )evially Figs. 6, 7, 13,14, 15, and 16, the drawer is supported entirely by the metal roel 7 and the tubes 3 and 6 and does not in any way bear against any of the artitions of the bureau or casing. It will be seen that the clearance-s ace between the sides 31 of the drawer and tlie sides 32 of the cabinet may be any amount desired, and the space between the bottom 1 of the drawer and the horizontal partition 2, to which the tube 3 is attached, is as great, at any rate, as the diameter of the tube 3, so that there can be no frictional contact between the bottoni of the drawer and the partition, and the 'space rbetween the upper ede. of the side walls 31 of the drawer and the upper horizontal partition 33 may also be any amount desired, so that there will be no frictional contact of any part of the drawer with any of the partitions or side walls of the cabinet. 'lhe front wall 34 may extend downwardly below the bottom l tot the drawer and extend upwardly above the side walls of the drawer sullieiently so that when the drawer is closed there will be no wide opening at the to or bottom.

hat l claim isne't-l'rame therefor, two stationary parallel seribed or else the tube "2 should be made' Ipo 1.. In combination with a drawer,A a eabitubes `fixed to the upper side of a horizontal partition 1n the cabinet at Sonie distance in from the edge, the longltudinal axis of the drawer slides, a longitudinal guide-slot in the side ol each of said tubes, two rods which are slidable respectively in said tubes each of said rods being connected with a pair of hangers which pass through said slot in the tube and are fixed to the bottoni of the drawer, the drawer being ol' less width and depth than the opening in the, eabinet in which it slides, whereby the drawer may be supported while being moved in and out of the cabinet without contact of the drawer with either the top, bottomor sides of the cabinet.

2. ln coinbinationwith a drawer, a tube attached to a tixed support beneath the drawer, and having a longitudinal slet tubes being in the line of direction that thc` l l l l 1 l l l l l l throughout its length, a slide-tube within said rst tube having a longitudinal slot extending liroin the rear end forwardly a portion ofi-the length of said tube, a second slot iu said inner tube extending from the forward end part waav rearwardly in line with the said rear slot therein, hangers which l secured to said drawer and which support said rod, 'one ol" said hangers passing through the rear slot in the inner tube and through the slot in the outer tube and another ol" said hangers passing through the ,forward slot in said inner tube and through the slot in said outer tube.

In testimony whereof I alix niy signature in preseneeof two witnesses.

JOHN BEAUDET. fitnessesz VViLLIAM A` COPELAND. ALINE TARP' 

